“Fair of Face” is the 7th English Rose Cosmetics’ product and I would like to share with you why I’ve chosen to develop this type of product. The inspiration for the name "Fair of Face" comes from the Mondays Child Poem.
Decisions
decisions….
The
type of face cleanser will depend a lot of time and lifestyle and skin
requirement of the individual. A lot of
beauty editors extoll the virtues of double cleansing using a facial oil/balm
and then water based foaming cleanser to remove the first cleanser and any remaining
traces of grime. This is time consuming
but probably necessary if you live in a polluted city. For those that don’t live in polluted cities
or work from home (lucky us), than we have less grime to remove and too much
cleansing will disrupt the skin barrier.
Be it laziness or lack of time some of us don’t want to spend too much
time on a cleansing routine.
I never use bar soaps (too alkaline) or
foaming gels (contain irritants) and am too lazy to use lotions & balms,
but I wanted something using plants that was convenient to use in the shower or
over the sink.
Foaming Component
This is a clever packaging invention that
turns liquids into foams, so you can use a watery natural formulation that
turns into a foam making it super convenient to use.
Ingredients
Water, glycerine (humectant) barley protein
(conditioning) sucrose laureate (emollient/emulsifier) decyl glucoside
(surfactant from corn) Quillaja Saponaria (soaptree bark) phenoxyethanol
(preservative) ginger oil (fragrance)
Quillaja Saponaria Molinas
Chilean Soaptree
bark (Quillaja Saponaria Molinas) is sustainably harvested and Ecocert
approved by the manufacturer (Desert King) to reduce oil, shine and spots
without leaving the skin feeling tight and dry. Included at 6% as the
primary cleansing agent.
Desert King did
a 4 week in vivo on
30 volunteer’s average age of 25, with varying degrees of acne. They had to
wash their face twice a day with a gel containing 2% Quillaja and results were
measured at 2 weeks and 4 weeks, the before and after photos are quite
impressive.
After 4 weeks the volunteers rated their satisfaction as follows:-
93% reduction in greasy skin
62% reduction in acne lesion’s
75.8% less evident pores
79.3% less shiny skin
82.8% good for delicate skin & washing away impurities
17.2% tightness & dryness
93.1% no adverse reactions
Decyl Glucoside is a biodegradable plant derived gentle surfactant
with foaming capabilities and is popular in natural formulations – it’s included
at 3% and is the secondary cleansing agent.
Sucrose laureate is a plant based fatty acid ester emollient/emulsifier.
Ginger Essential Oil gives a natural invigorating fragrance and has the allergens removed.
Ginger Essential Oil gives a natural invigorating fragrance and has the allergens removed.
Tip – leave the foam on spots
for about 10 minutes before
rinsing off. Most foaming products will
irritate the skin after 10 minutes so this is a good indication of its
mildness. Also recommend using a 2nd
cleanser on a cotton pad to check the effectiveness of “Fair of Face”.
Rating
Value for money – costs £13.00 for 160ml due
to the inclusion of 20% natural plant actives which are considerably more
expensive than SLS/SLES cleansing agents, most face washes would also contain less
than 1% plant actives.
Effectiveness – gently cleans the face without
leaving a tight feeling, skin feels refreshed, calm and clean
Pampering factor – mild creamy foam with
ginger aroma that’s a pleasure to use in the shower or over the sink
Recommended – this does not contain
allergens or irritants so is suitable for sensitive skin, and is highly effective
on spot prone skin
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